Athena in 2006

2006 was 98% worth living.

In 2005, Athena did 49 things, went 28 places, met 2 people, and consumed 980 products.

Athena has written 3 year in review entries…


Years: 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

January

Watched:
  1. Harold and MaudeWorth consuming!
  2. HeathersWorth consuming!
  3. The Bridge on the River KwaiWorth consuming!
  4. Belle de JourWorth consuming!
  5. Arsenic and Old LaceWorth consuming!
  6. A Life Less OrdinaryWorth consuming!
  7. March of the Penguins (Full Screen Edition)Worth consuming!
  8. Pump up the VolumeWorth consuming!
  9. Clerks (Collector's Series)Worth consuming!
  10. Trop Belle Pour Toi (Original French ONLY Version)Worth consuming!
  11. Yankee Doodle Dandy (Two-Disc Special Edition)
  12. Live in LilleWorth consuming!
  13. Separate Tables
Consumed:
  1. WaterWorth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. All ConsumingWorth consuming!
  2. GmailWorth consuming!
  3. 43 ThingsWorth consuming!
  4. FirefoxWorth consuming!
  5. 43 PlacesWorth consuming!
  6. FlickrWorth consuming!
  7. Wikipedia

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February

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Volunteer — completed 2 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. get a passportWorth doing!
  2. stop drinking sodaWorth doing!
Listened to:
  1. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandWorth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Out of AfricaWorth consuming!
  2. Mad Hot BallroomWorth consuming!
  3. Mulan IINot worth consuming
  4. Indochine

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March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. share quotes — completed 9 months later
  2. learn pilates — completed about 1 year later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. learn to driveNot worth doing
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Chateau FrontenacWorth visiting!
  2. Mont RoyalWorth visiting!
  3. Botanical GardensWorth visiting!
  4. Vieux-PortWorth visiting!
  5. La Basilique Notre-DameWorth visiting!
  6. Canadian Museum Of CivilizationWorth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Audrey Hepburn
Listened to:
  1. The Joshua TreeWorth consuming!
  2. The Beatles 1Worth consuming!
  3. Revolver [UK]Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Criterion CollectionWorth consuming!
  2. The Royal Tenenbaums (The Criterion Collection)Worth consuming!
  3. Spirited AwayWorth consuming!
  4. BeetlejuiceWorth consuming!
  5. L.A. Confidential
  6. North by NorthwestWorth consuming!
  7. Sense and SensibilityWorth consuming!
  8. Annie HallWorth consuming!
  9. Duck SoupWorth consuming!
  10. The Seventh Seal - Criterion CollectionWorth consuming!
  11. Il PostinoWorth consuming!
  12. CasablancaWorth consuming!
  13. The World Is Not Enough
  14. The Nightmare Before Christmas (Special Edition)Worth consuming!
  15. TitanicWorth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. SushiWorth consuming!
  2. ChocolateWorth consuming!
  3. Chai LatteWorth consuming!
  4. dark chocolateWorth consuming!
  5. BBQ'd SalmonWorth consuming!
  6. jambalayaWorth consuming!
  7. PastaWorth consuming!
  8. hummusWorth consuming!
  9. SteakWorth consuming!
  10. pure maple syrupWorth consuming!
  11. Fresh fishWorth consuming!
  12. LobsterWorth consuming!
  13. Asian CuisineWorth consuming!
  14. Ice creamWorth consuming!
  15. Chicago Style PizzaWorth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Lists of BestsWorth consuming!

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April

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Floss Every Day — completed about 1 month later
  2. get contacts — completed 2 months later
  3. learn to draw
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. see coldplay liveWorth doing!
  2. Read moreWorth doing!
  3. get a massageWorth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Kraków — visited about 1 month later
  2. National Gallery Of Canada — visited 3 months later
  3. Poland — visited 3 months later
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. WinterludeWorth visiting!
  2. Vieux MontrealWorth visiting!
  3. Montreal's Summer FestivalsWorth visiting!
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. Stephen Lewis

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. knit a scarf — completed 20 days later
  2. Recapture the lost art of letter writing. — completed 16 days later
  3. Learn French, German or Swahili — completed 16 days later
  4. Listen to Mozart's Requieum without interruption — completed about 1 year later
  5. take more naps
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Learn to knitWorth doing!
  2. Try out 43 ThingsWorth doing!
  3. VolunteerWorth doing!
  4. compile a 100-things-about-me listWorth doing!
  5. have dim sum for breakfastWorth doing!
  6. Organize a food drive for the needyWorth doing!
  7. Shake hands with someone famousWorth doing!
  8. Spend the day with a toddlerWorth doing!
  9. Haggle... and winWorth doing!
  10. attend a Catholic Mass
  11. watch Spinal TapWorth doing!
  12. send someone a "just thinking of you card"Worth doing!
  13. take a walk in the summer rainWorth doing!
  14. voteWorth doing!
  15. find out what auld lang syne really means
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Plateau Mont Royal — visited about 1 month later
  2. Majdanek — visited about 1 month later
  3. Treblinka — visited about 1 month later
  4. Warszawa — visited about 1 month later
  5. Rynek Glowny — visited 9 months later
  6. Hong Kong International Airport — visited about 1 year later
  7. Vancouver International Airport — visited about 1 year later
  8. Ottawa International Airport — visited about 1 year later
  9. Montréal-Trudeau International Airport — visited about 1 year later
  10. Newark Liberty International Airport — visited about 1 year later
  11. Warsaw International Airport — visited about 1 year later
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. KrakówWorth visiting!
  2. LublinWorth visiting!
  3. CzęstochowaWorth visiting!
  4. Jasna GoraWorth visiting!
  5. KatowiceWorth visiting!
  6. ElizabethNot worth visiting
Consumed:
  1. Pumpkin PieWorth consuming!
  2. Bubble TeaWorth consuming!

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June

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. knit a scarfWorth doing!
  2. Recapture the lost art of letter writing.Worth doing!
  3. Learn French, German or SwahiliWorth doing!
  4. Surf the net
  5. Floss Every DayWorth doing!
  6. Skate on the Rideau CanalWorth doing!
  7. get contactsWorth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Petra
  2. Newfoundland and Labrador

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July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. knit mittens — completed 3 months later
  2. Give 1000 cheers
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. sudokuWorth doing!
  2. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)Worth doing!
  3. go to a rock concert
  4. volunteer for somethingWorth doing!
  5. do yogaWorth doing!
  6. read "to kill a mockingbird"Worth doing!
  7. Donate bloodWorth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Auschwitz-Birkenau — visited 29 days later
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Plateau Mont RoyalWorth visiting!
  2. CornwallWorth visiting!
  3. Hong KongWorth visiting!
  4. MacauWorth visiting!
  5. Byward MarketWorth visiting!
  6. National Gallery Of CanadaWorth visiting!
  7. MajdanekWorth visiting!
  8. TreblinkaWorth visiting!
  9. WarszawaWorth visiting!
  10. PolandWorth visiting!
  11. GatineauWorth visiting!
Listened to:
  1. ParachutesWorth consuming!
  2. Room for SquaresWorth consuming!
  3. A Rush of Blood to the HeadWorth consuming!
  4. Heavier ThingsWorth consuming!
  5. Last Night We Were the Delicious WolvesWorth consuming!
  6. Lover / FighterWorth consuming!
  7. Almost a Full MoonWorth consuming!

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August

Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Auschwitz-BirkenauWorth visiting!
Read:
  1. Of Human Bondage (Bantam Classics)Worth consuming!
  2. His Dark MaterialsWorth consuming!
  3. The Handmaid's Tale (Everyman's Library)Worth consuming!
  4. StardustWorth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. Come Away with MeWorth consuming!
  2. Hopes and FearsWorth consuming!

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September

Read:
  1. The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie-the-Pooh/WTPWorth consuming!
  2. The Wind in the WillowsWorth consuming!
  3. Snow Crash.Worth consuming!
  4. Night (Oprah's Book Club)Worth consuming!
  5. A Passage to India (Everyman's Library Classics)Worth consuming!
  6. Suite FrançaiseWorth consuming!
  7. Self-made ManWorth consuming!
  8. Mythic Tarot Deck and Book SetWorth consuming!
Listened to:
  1. Abbey RoadWorth consuming!

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October

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. knit mittensWorth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. spend less time on the computer
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Parry SoundWorth visiting!

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November

Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. Elie Wiesel
Listened to:
  1. The Crane WifeWorth consuming!

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December

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Finish my website — completed about 1 month later
  2. knit a clapotis — completed 4 months later
  3. knit socks — completed 7 months later
  4. grow my hair long — completed about 1 year later
  5. read every book I own
  6. Start a book of quotes that inspire me — completed about 1 year later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Buy a new computerWorth doing!
  2. buy a digital cameraWorth doing!
  3. Participate in PostCrossingWorth doing!
  4. stop eating fast foodWorth doing!
  5. Learn lucid dreamingWorth doing!
  6. share quotesWorth doing!
Listened to:
  1. London CallingWorth consuming!
  2. Born to Run
  3. Kind Of BlueWorth consuming!

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